Test 18 · ★★ · Building and making things safely

my mate says his cousin lost a finger to a saw in like one second. probably blown up?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, cousin · What happens: say, lose in, blow up · To what, where: finger · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 244 «Building and making things safely» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cousin	nmod:poss
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	nsubj
6	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 finger	det
8	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 saw	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 saw	det
11	saw	saw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	6 lost	compound:prt
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 second	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 second	nummod
15	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
17	probably	probably	ADV	_	18 blown	advmod
18	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 blown	compound:prt
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose in	past	mate's cousin	a finger	second	to a saw	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Eventuality
3	blow up	participle				probably property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Saws can't cut fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saws	saw	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cut	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 cut	advmod
4	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cut	can	Saws	fingers					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material finger=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Maybe, but power tools really can do that; adults only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	8 do	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 do	cc
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tools	compound
5	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	nsubj
6	really	really	ADV	_	8 do	advmod
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 do	aux
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 do	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 adults	punct
11	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	obl
12	only	only	ADV	_	11 adults	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	can	power tools	that				adults obl; maybe property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

Option 3

All made up, saws are slow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 saws	det
2	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 saws	amod
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 made	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct
5	saws	saw	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 slow	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 slow	cop
7	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	participle							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	all made saws					slow property	tree rules

Option 4

Only electric toothbrushes are dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 toothbrushes	advmod
2	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 toothbrushes	amod
3	toothbrushes	toothbrush	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	electric toothbrushes					dangerous property	tree rules

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